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Report: Cavaliers show interest in SF Tayshaun Prince

by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com

The Cavaliers have expressed an interest in veteral small forward Tayshaun Prince, who they believe could provide badly needed depth on the wing, sources have told the Northeast Ohio Media Group, which is further reporting that talks have only been exploratory.

The 35-year-old Prince averaged 7.5 points per game for Memphis, Boston and Detroit a year ago and shot a strong 46 percent from beyond the arc.

Tayshaun Prince was traded back to the Pistons at the deadline, but the 35-year-old doesn't want to be part of the team's rebuilding effort.

"I'm not going to jump to conclusions," Prince said, per MLive. "But as you guys know, and as of my time in Boston before I got traded to Detroit, my intention was to get to a contender. You know, you can never say never, but obviously, at this point in my career, I think that's where I help teams the best."

Coach Stan Van Gundy isn't thinking about Prince's future. "When we get to the end of the year ... you know, I have no idea what his goals are going forward, either," he said. "So that's a discussion for after the season."

Pistons small forward Tayshaun Prince said Sunday that the team's biggest problem has been that "we don't talk defensively, and therefore, there's a lot of breakdowns," MLive.com reports.

"It was a similar situation in Boston -- we're a real quiet team, and just not speaking out enough and being early talkative," Prince said. "This is a similar situation. We just haven't communicated on the defensive end when teams sparked the run. That's when you have to be loud and aggressive, at that opportune time, and we haven't been, at all."

Prince said that some of the breakdowns were due to chemistry, an element that disappeared at the trading deadline.

"It's a tough situation but there's still no excuse for not bringing the energy," Prince said. "Whether the talk is not there, or the communication is not there, we've still got to play at a high level."